Technology gets sexy: Robot strippers take center stage

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Once again, Futurama predicted the real-life future. Lovable mechanical scamp Bender frequently partook in the oldest robot profession, and now, thanks to Tobit Software, we lovable meat-based scamps have the opportunity to see what all the robot rage is about. At the CeBIT 2014 expo in Germany this year, Tobit set up a booth where robots can utilize poles to dance their way through college.

To make the booth even more authentic, the two robot strippers (which hope to graduate med school within the year so they can finally stop pole-dancing for money) were accompanied by a robot DJ — complete with megaphone head — egging the two future doctors on.

This isn’t the first appearance of the mechanical masters of dance, as Tobit has previously brought them to the expo. This year, the models have been updated — they’re more colorful, and they have undergone a robo-breast augmentation.

As seen in the above video, the robots certainly have the swagger and hanging-off-a-pole pose down, and their gyrations are possible thanks to car motors. The lifeless, not-seductive-at-all mechanical recreation of what is traditionally an act full of life and attitude is, again, exactly how Futurama often represents the robots of its world — by replacing genuine actions and feelings with machinery that performs the physical action, but doesn’t fulfill the purpose or meaning behind it.

The robots, created by British artist Giles Walker, cost about $39,500 each. While that might be a fair price for an exotic dancer that gyrates forever, that amount of money could be used to purchase many, many private dances in the champagne room from real-life people — and of your own species!